THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



April 



raised the lid and smoked inside, 

 about as usual, then i-eplaced th(> 

 cover, and betook myself to the 

 weeds, about 40 feet from the api- 

 ary. I saw them coming for Paddy 

 and I could not help saying, 'poor 

 Paddy, poor Paddy !' Paddy re- 

 mained as a target for the Cyps 

 from 10 o'clock a. m. until 3 p. m., 

 and when I took hmi away he was 

 completely covered with stings and 

 some bees still at work at him 

 though they had lost their stings. 

 The next morning there were two 

 quarts of dead bees in front of this 

 hive alone, to say nothing of the 

 others. This was no surprise, as 

 the stings in Paddy would indicate 

 a greater loss.'' 



In all seriousness we would say 

 that the California Paddy seems to 

 have been let off very light by the 

 Cyprians on this occasion, consider- 

 ing that there were nearly one hun- 

 dred colonies of them. During our 

 Cyprian experience we would have 

 considered it a very pleasant day ■ 

 when not more than a gallon or so 

 of bees had lost their stings in our 

 clothing and flesh. 



Our advice is : Let Cyprians 

 alone. 



W. M. Gcrrlsh. East Nottingham. N. 

 H.. keeps a complete supply of our 

 jfoods. and oastorn customers will save 

 froifjlit by onlerinjij of him. 



Thk W. T. Fai.conkr jNIfo. Co. 



The MODERN FARMER 

 and BUSY BEE. 



K.MEUSO.v Tavlok .\bbott, Editor. 



A live, up-to-date, farm journal, 

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 Dairy, Horticulture, Live Stock. 

 Poultry, Bees, Veterinary, Home 

 and General News. 



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LITERARY NOTES. 



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